The Common Rule (32 CFR 219)
provides for exemptions from IRB review for certain Categories of minimal risk studies. If a protocol meets the
criteria for one or more of these exempt studies, then an IRB review is not necessary. The investigators, however, must comply with all of the provisions
of The Common Rule as they pertain to the protection of human subjects of their research protocol.

Investigators are not permitted to begin work on a protocol under the assumption that it is exempt from IRB review until a formal determination
from this office has been received.

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